"...If you haven't yet met these peculiarities there is a treat in store fro you as you join with Sarah in her diurnal struggles with possums, snails, bugs and blights, her family, a dog called Rumpole, a cat called She-who-must-be-obeyed and a much married blackbird - the full domestic disaster.  As you read you will learn much about plants (for Sarah is a plant person par excellence), gardening (for she is an experienced gardener) and plant history (for she is a repository of recondite plant lore).

Learn about species crocuses and a new Tasmanian breed of daffodil which combines perfect form with delicacy and a certain unusual sprightliness of manner; find out how to make a home brew stone alpine trough and espalier camellias; relish the old names for violas and violettas and the story of the deaf (but devout) old knight who was responsible for the iris being dedicated to the virgin."

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Colour illustrations and photos.

Vintage hardcover with dust jacket (slightly worn). 

Condition: Very Good.

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